I can’t believe I didn’t take a better picture than this but there will be more on the way. The strings you see are for alignment of the steering system. Because I changed the design of the steering tube assembly …

One of the universal truths of any project is that things are going to take more time than expected and the unexpected happens. Before the horizontal braces and final welds were in place, the trike frame fell over and ruined …

The task for the weekend was to get the rear wheel fork on the trike. The weather had different plans. Constant rain was on order for Saturday, threatening to render my workshop (back porch) a soggy useless mess. Luckily I …

Fingers crossed that Thursday was the last snowstorm of the season. I’d say 7 inches of snow is a good amount for a last hurrah. Warmer temperatures are forecast for the week ahead. I didn’t waste any time taking advantage …

This photo shows the result of today’s efforts. You might remember that I decided to go off plan a bit. Instead of following the building sequence as written, I jumped to a task where the welding was cosmetic rather than …

First things first. My water meter was located. It was in its own pit covered with snow and ice. The meter was frozen. Once thawed, the water flowed. The underground pipe to my house was fine. It was just as …

No one said this was going to be easy. The cold this Winter has been particularly brutal. We’ve been having single digit temperatures at night, teens and twenties during the day and a never ending barrage of snowstorms. I’ve been …